Re: live-patching __init functions in modules

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On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 09:41:16PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> But otherwise you are actually able to patch __init function of the module 
> (and we are doing exactly that) exactly the same way you are patching any 
> other module functions, because we are actually hooked to MODULE_COMING 
> notifier, which triggers before the module actually goes live (i.e. before 
> __init gets executed).

This actually isn't possible, because __init functions don't have the
__fentry call.

-- 
Josh
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